Re: [Devel] FIXED: KDE crashes, was: 2.4.3-3mdk and VIA

[Tom Kacvinsky]

Hi Arnd,

Actually, what you propose is the best method of attacking the problem.  Local
allocation of the memory (as in the handle idea I sprouted out earlier) will not
work -- it just keeps tripping up efence.  We ought to have the swap table in
the loader anyway, because it is just too useful not to pass up. :)

Attached is my patch (which is a take on your patch).

Regards,

Tom

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> It actually had to do with the fact that you forgot to allocate any memory
> for the pointer. It is the same problem, just a different symptom.
> Please look at the patch attached to this mail.
> If it is what I suspect, this should be a cleaner way to do it.
>
> Tom wrote:
>
> > I found out what I was playing "fandango on core".  It has to do with the 
> > psaux
> > functions not liking being passed pointers that are local in scope (for 
> > instance,
> > pointers that are defined in a function's stack space).  I fixed this by 
> > using a
> > handle (Macintosh programming parlance: a pointer to a pointer) and 
> > allocating
> > space for the dereferenced handle.
> >
> > Anyway, once I did that (which fixed the core dumps), I did not see the 
> > problems
> > that Arnd reported.  Strange.  I will need to see a screen snapshot.
> >
> > A new patch will be forthcoming.  I am glad I didn't commit right way!
>

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